3 Floyds Brewery Releasing Dark Lord 2017 & Seven Variants Today

For fans of one of 3 Floyds Brewery’s most popular imperial stouts, Dark Lord Day is like Christmas in May.

That is because today is the day the Munster, Ind.-based brewery is releasing Dark Lord 2017, a 15 percent Russian imperial stout sold in 22-ounce bottles that is brewed with coffee, Indian sugar and Mexican vanilla. The stout was first brewed in 2002, but was not packaged in bottles until 2004, with the first Dark Lord Day taking place in 2005.

However, unlike in previous years when the multiple sought-after Dark Lord variants were first come, first serve, this year’s allocations will be pre-packed, meaning the variants that attendees get will be completely random. In addition, the total quantities of each variant will be divided evenly among each group, A-E.

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